Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-29
A DRIVE INTO CANADA.
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BREAD LOAF I'M. June ,,

BREAD LOAF IN. June =, 1887.
1t was a reasonably rough country
from Magog to Waterloo On curving
around the northern shore of Lake Mem
phremagog we get a pretty view of this
narrow lake, extending down towards
the higher mountains. Oxford mountain
stands to our right and after curving
around the lake we curve around the
base of this mountain. Here is another
of these pretty ponds, which are as plen-
ty in Canada as school girls. There
is scarce room for the road between
the mountain and the pond. TO the west
of Mount Oxford the country is smoother
and better cultivated. The road is decid-
edly better and we drive rapidly the last
ten miles TO Waterloo. We enter the vii
lage where it has the pretence of park.
Then comes a long street with stores.
dwellings and two hotels, at the last of
which the American one we stopped.
| omit at this time,a trip made by cars.
to save time, to Montreal and Sherbrooke
with several stops at smaller places, and
confine my notes to the part driven
through. In leaving Waterloo we dou-
bled our tracks for the first four miles,
then turned to the south.
As after shower or Il storm, there
comes tranquility, so to us there came
suddenly rest: for we had accomplished
the object of our trip and discovered the
breeder and breeding of old Pilot. the
cornerstone of the trotting and pacing III
terests of Kentucky ,grandsire of the dams
of Maud s., and Jay-Eye-See, and the pa
Ger johnson and one of the most ilustri-
Gus horses of this or any country. As
we had supposed, he proved to be Il
ND. Of
be inbred at that Full particulars in re-
gard to this horse will appear in due time
in the horse department..
The drive from Waterloo to Sutton
Flats was some % miles, and through as
fine country as one often sees. Valley
and mountain and lake are combined
The Green Mountains from Vermont
cross the border line into the town of
Sutton, where at last they lie down to
rest and mingle with that great plain
which sweeps away towards the sky of
all unknown north. \ few skirnishing
mountains appear beyond; like Oxford,
and the Canada Pinnacle and now and
then a distant hill, but level as the ocean
or the great river and lakes that connect
that ocean with the interior of the CONT
nent. is large part of Canada.
There is perhaps no more beautiful
part of the Green Mountains than this,
where their retreat is begun and ended,
ana they disappear in the great North
land. From the turn south the country
became interesting. The road itself was
a pretty one. The houses it went by and
some of the barns, did credit to British
thoroughness. There was "A school house
where II to Is children played. Two
girls with arms around each others waists
stood there looking out upon the valley
with its beautiful vision of mountains
and seemed we'll to represent Young Can
ada. We drove by another school house
and up long hill, but before this we
came to where the roads forked and no
guide-bOard. took the right hand that
crossed a small bridge where both, a
quite pretentious house and large mill
had gone to decay. Further on the road
emerged from the trees near the western
shore of large lake some five miles long
and perhaps two wide. had been in
tending to go to Bolton, but on inquiry at
a farm house, learned that should have
taken the other road, which lead around
the north end of the lake to its eastern
shore, where now ! could see IA beautiful
ly situated and quite considerable village.
| learned also that could keep straight
on without going to Bolton and gain rath-
er than lose on the route to st. Adams. 1t
was near 10 this lake and towards the
southern end that passed the second
school house and assembled the long hill.
Looking back, this lake which is one of
the most beautiful ones in the world, lay
enhancing, like the frown of a beautiful
girl, and so thought | would call it the
lake of the FrOwn of Beautiful Girl.
Its Canadian girl of course, but we hope
yet she will belong to the great Ameri-
can Republic. We want her for the love
she bears, and we want her for her great
beauty, and we want her for her exceed
ing strength and health. She is so sup
pie and so near we hardly see how we
can get along without her, II she doesn't
belong to US, who does she belong to.
All other lovers away, Canada, you have
got to come.
We have said that this is one of the
most beautiful lakes of the world. Snug
ly held in this valley of beauty of culture
and of song, it is always at home and al
ways ready to entertain visitors. The
village at one end the farms around il
and troops of trees, great woods, march
ing down to its shore to battle. This is a
quiet land to be sure, no expensive man
sions, no large towns, no pretence of any
kind, plain and homelike land of un.
questioned beauty and untried strength
The road continued through similar cOun-
try to Sutton Flats, Canadian village
on the border. Its Inhabitants are mout
than half English, as is true of all these
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